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Article 6A Offences under Article 6 committed outside the United KingdomF1

(1)

If—

(a)

a person's course of conduct consists of or includes conduct in a country outside the United Kingdom,

(b)

the course of conduct would constitute an offence under Article 6 if it occurred in Northern Ireland, and

(c)

the person is a United Kingdom national or is resident in Northern Ireland,

the person is guilty in Northern Ireland of that offence.

(2)

In this Article—

  • “country” includes territory;

  • “United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

    1. (a)

      a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

    2. (b)

      a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or

    3. (c)

      a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.

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Textual amendments

F1

Art. 6A inserted (21.2.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), s. 90(6), Sch. 3 para. 7; S.R. 2022/52, art. 2(c)